10. Appealing to the UK Government

If we consider the situation in the UK apart from the European dimension, then everything seems hopeless:

Letters to Ministers result in “the law is clear: Social Services are meant to keep families together.” Edward Timpson wrote this to myself, Belinda McKenzie and also to the Chairperson of the Petitions Committee. The problem is, of course, that the secretive family courts are ignoring this law.

To the contrary, our voluntary attempts to help US mother Melissa Laird get her son back from Barnet Council were punished with a court order where we were supposed to pay for the costs of the private barrister hired by the Treasury Solicitor.

In 2009, Jack Straw MP made it illegal for minors (under 18s) to report any abuse they were suffering in care homes. Illegal.